Material-saving device



L. L. GOHEEN. MATERIAL SAVING DEVICE. APPL iCATION FILED JULY 5. 19 21.

Patented Sept. 19; 1922.

sgeanmd- Patented Sept. 19, 1922.

lAZhQZh-Z Application filed July 5,

ToaZZ whome't may concern p ,B'e it known that I, LEONARD L German; a; citizen of the United States,- residing at Sherwood, in the fcount'y of Renvil'leand .5 StateofNorth Dakota, have invented certain' n'ew and'useit'ul Improvements in Material-Saving Devices; and I do hereby'declajre'the followin'g'to be a full,"elear, and eX- act description of the invention, such' as will enable oth'ers" skilled in'the'art to whi'chitappertafins to make and use the sanie';

This invention relatesto 'af'cat'ch' apron or ani'ate'ria'l receiving device" particularly de-' signed to be used wliere nateri'al is shoveled from one receptacle into'anotherf' It iswell' known that in the operation of shov'eling' grai or 'other'material from: a wagon into a bin, that no matter how 'car e ful the oper'atoriis, considerable grain'will drop from the shovel ontothe ground and i become mixed with'the dirtan'd dust. is anobject ofthis invention to provide a device; the use of which will prevent this loss of grain or other material. 'fflt is a turth'er object otthe intention' to i provide such a device in the form of a flexibl'e apron .h aving letachable nieans the ends' by which it i's-rea'dily connected to the wagon and thestorage receptacle.

Q It is a still further object of theinvention tojpro'vid e" theapron with: a roller take-up deviceand' to'yieldingly connect the same at one end to the'wagon or'bin. 1; These and other ob "eets and advantages of the invention will'be' fully set forth in the following description made in connection with the accompanying drawings in which like reference charactersre fer to the same parts throughout the'ditlerent views, and in 40 which,

Fig. 1 is a view showing the device as applied to a wagon and storage bin; I

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device showing parts of the wagon and bin; 7

Fig. 3 is a partial transverse section of the device;

Fig. 4 is a View on an enlarged scale of the attaching means at one end of the apron;

Fig. 5 is a View partially in section showing the attaching means at the other end of the apron;

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of Fig. 4; and Fig. 7 is a top plan view of Fig. Referring to the drawings in Fig. 1, a

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wagon is shown. comprising a wheeled truck a and aboa' a'n latter being shown in secf I tion. a. storage b1n' designated 0 isshown which 7 is provided with the usualy door through which the material is" discharged there nyat the-bottom ofwhich is shown, a sill'c I The apron l is shown as disposedbetween the side'of the body Z) of the-wagoi'i. and the sill of the hjin. The apronfilfisinade o'i heavy canvas or other suitable flexible fabric material and is inturned at its edges to form flaps l, and closely adiacent'rive'ts 1 or other reinforcing 1neans, are disposed along. the edge to hold flap 1 in" position. it will be notedlth'atthe flapextendssoine distance inwardly of the securing andreinforcing means 1 and is normally turned i'u'p as shown in Fig The roller,- atoneendj',

is attached to a rod?" rotatably mounted" in brackets 3, said: rod having-one end projecting' beyond". one oft said" brackets and an'gu larly formed" to receive a crank or other member torturn ng the same androllingfup the apron. I The rod? is also provided with collars 2 adjacent the" inside of the brackets 3 to hold the. same againstlongitudinal inoveinent. The'hrackets 3am formed with spaced arrnsg 'adapted to span the side Tot thewagon or other receptacle and' a setfscrevv el passes through one of said arms abess forined thereonand is adaptedtoclanip the bracket to the side of the wagon; Thebearing portion of the brackets formed with a plurality of holes 3"*and"a hole" 2 is also formed intli'e rod 2 adapted to he alined with said holes. A pin 3isprovidediwhich' wilibe attached by a chain or other ineinber tosome p art'oi the device; and when inserted through --the holes 3 into the holeQ twill hold the rod 2 against rotation.

This apron 1 has attached at one side thereof and some distance from its other end, an angular member 5 extending thereacross, one side of which is equipped with projecting tongues and is riveted or otherwise suitably secured to the body of the apron. The memberv 5 is apertured at a-point adjacent to each side of the apron and hoolrineinbers 6 having straight shanks, are disp'osedin said apertures and have thereon coiled springs 7 disposed between the downwardly projecting side of the angle member 5 and nut collars 8 threaded onto theend' of said shanks.

In use, the device is disposed, as shown in Fig. l. The brackets 3 are clamped to the side of the wagon or other receptacle with the rod 2 and the rolled curtain thereon disposed upwardly. The hooks 6 are then engaged over the edge or sill of the bin and the loose end of the curtain hangs over these hooks and down over the side of the bin. As the grain or other material is now shoveled from the wagon and thrown into the bin,

any of the same which drops off the shovel will be caught by the apron. As there is usually a difference in elevation between the side of the wagon and bin so that the apron slopes one way or the other, the grain will slide down the same as it accumulates thereon and be discharged into either the wagon or the bin and thus saved. The grain will be prevented from passing over the sides of the apron by the flaps l.

The apron can be rolled up to the desired tension, and held in this position by insertion of the pin 3.

If any stress should be placed on the apron while the same is in use, as would be occasioned by the starting of the team hitched to the wagon, the springs 7 would be compressed and danger of tearing the apron eliminated.

From the above description it is seen that applicant has provided a very efficient device, the use of which will effect a great saving in grain or other material handled. The device is simple and can be easily and inexpensively made and the efliciency and utility thereof have been demonstrated in actual practice.

It will, of course, be understood that various changes may be made in the form, details and arrangement of the device without departing from the scope of applicants invention, which generally stated, consists in the matter shown and described and set forth in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A material saving device comprising a flexible fabric apron, means in one end thereof for detachably connecting the same to a receptacle, means at the other end thereof for resiliently and detachably connecting the apron to the side of a storage receptacle.

2. A material saving device comprising a flexible fabric apron, means in one end thereof for connecting the same to a receptacle, means at the otherend thereof resiliently connected to the apron for detachably engaging the side of a storage receptacle.

3. A material saving device comprising a flexible fabric apron, means at one end thereof for connecting the same to the side of a receptacle, and means beneath said apron at the other end thereof resiliently connected thereto adapted to engage over the side of a storage receptacle, said apron extending over said means and into said receptacle.

4. A material saving device comprising a fabric apron, means at one end thereof for connecting the same to the. side of a receptacle, and spaced hooks adjacent the other end thereof resiliently connected to said apron and adapted to engage over the side ofthe storage receptacle.

5. A material saving device comprising a a fabric apron, means atone end thereof adapted to be connected to the side of a receptacle, an angle member secured adjacent to the other end of the apron and extending thereacross having one side projecting downwardly, spaced hooks passing through said angle member, nut collars threaded on the ends of said hooks, and springs carried on said hook members between said nut collars and said angle members, said hooks being adapted to engage over the side of a storage receptacle and the end of said apron being extended beyond said hooks.

6. The structure set forth in claim 5, said apron being provided with inwardly directed flaps at its sides, whereby the material is prevented from discharging thereover.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEONARD L GOHEEN.

Witnesses: I

PERRY BROWN, H. G. N ONDBERG. 

